Unicode Font Solutions

Ascender has a variety of Unicode-compliant implementations available, and can also customize fonts for developers.

For instance, a developer may want to include a single script to support a specific market, such as Japan, utilizing a font style that is suitable for professional publishing in the Japanese market.

Alternatively, another developer may want to support a much broader region in a single Unicode-compliant font. In that case, Ascender would provide a font style that is more functional in design but could support Unicode 3.0 up to Unicode 5.0.

File size, required language and script support, intended audience usage, screen resolution and other factors would all be considered as Ascender works with each developer to implement a multilingual font solution that is optimal for their product.

Features of Ascender’s Unicode-Compliant Font Solutions

Support for any language — Ascender offers fonts for all major scripts:

• Arabic
• Bengali
• Chinese - Simplified
• Chinese - Traditional
• Devanagari
• Gujarati
• Gurmukhi
• Hebrew
• Japanese
• Kannada
• Korean
• Latin 1
• Malayalam
• Pan-European (WGL)
• Tamil
• Telugu
• Thaana
• Thai
• Vietnamese

Unicode-compliant support — Ascender offers character set ranges by:

Code pages
Based on geographic or market coverage

Unicode ranges
Unicode 1.1, 2.0, 2.1.2, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 4.0 and 5.0 are significant updates

WGL Pan-European Character Set

Ranges delta-hinted for legibility
• Designed for optimal screen and print legibility
• Consistent style across all scripts

Flexible implementations — one big font, or fonts with specific language support:

One big font:
• Ascender Uni is a sans serif design in proportional & fixed width
• Arial™ Unicode currently supports Unicode 2.1
• Lucida™ Sans Unicode
Ascender is developing Ascender Uni to be Unicode 5.0 compliant (it currently supports Unicode 2.1). Arial Unicode is probably one of the most widely known “large” Unicode compliant fonts. Microsoft includes Arial Unicode MS with Microsoft Office™ to provide broader regional support in a single, highly functional font. Lucida Sans is another popular typeface with an extensive character range. Ascender is an authorized distributor of Arial Unicode and Lucida Sans.

Smaller, targeted fonts:
• Individual language modules
• Multiple fonts each supporting specific regions
• Customized Unicode compliant solutions
• Customized substitution tables
• Provide legacy character support

Trusted Font Data
• Font data licensed from Microsoft, IBM, Bigelow & Holmes and others
• Distributed in millions of products around the world
• PRC approvals
• Warranty and indemnification

In summary, Ascender is a trusted partner for high quality, complex Unicode compliant font solutions. Ascender provides Unicode 5.0 coverage and beyond and provides professional grade deliverables to its customers. Ascender offers flexible implementation and business models that make it easy for customers to obtain a solution that meets their specification and budget.

Please contact us to discuss with us your needs for a custom multilingual font solution.